The time evolution of the entanglement entropy in non-equilibrium
quantum systems provides crucial information about the structure of the
time-dependent state. For quantum quench protocols, by combining a
quasiparticle picture for the entanglement spreading with the exact
knowledge of the stationary state provided by Bethe ansatz, it is
possible to obtain an exact and analytic description of the evolution of
the entanglement entropy. Here we discuss the application of these ideas
to several integrable models. First we show that for non-interacting
systems, both bosonic and fermionic, the exact time-dependence of the
entanglement entropy can be derived by elementary techniques and without
solving the dynamics. We then provide exact results for interacting spin
chains that are carefully tested against numerical simulations. Finally,
we apply this method to integrable one-dimensional Bose gases
(Lieb-Liniger model) both in the attractive and repulsive regimes. We
highlight a peculiar behaviour of the entanglement entropy due to the
absence of a maximum velocity of excitations.